Christmas in . . . August?

This is Deck the Halls: 20+ Knitted Christmas Ornaments and it is from Annie’s Knitting. The link takes you to Annie’s website, where you can order this great little book in either hardcopy or electronic download, for the very reasonable price of $9.99 for each format.

As you no doubt have figured out from the title, this is a collection of Christmas Ornaments that you can knit, and they vary from easy to intermediate.

I had a hard time narrowing down my favorites to show here because they are all so darned cute! But here goes:

I love, love, love this wee reindeer!

And the elf is also too cute for words.

The little snowflake is a great way to practice stranded colorwork without the commitment of a big project.

A little sheep! The body is knit with a textured bulky yarn so it is easier than it looks. I think you could use a worsted yarn held with a strand of laceweight mohair to achieve a similar result.

How could i not include the wee socks among my favorite? You can really go wild with creativity on these with just tiny bits of yarn.

And the same goes for the mittens.

And the tiny sweaters too!

A lot of these ornaments would be great as embellishments on special gifts or as a holiday pin for your coat.

If you got started now, you could whip out a lot of adorable little embellishments by thew time the holidays roll around.

And to help, I’ll offer up my review copy, even though I selfishly want to keep it!

Love the mittens,reindeer and lamb. What a creative book. Xmas in August!!!! I love Martina’s patterns. I am currently working on 22.5 in madenintosh. It is a relaxing quick knit. Can’t wait to see you shawl completed. I feel another shawl calling me.

I love the variety of projects you show on the blog for this book – so many possibilities. I am thinking of so many friends who might enjoy a tiny treasure at Christmas. Side note love all your books Wendy- working on a Stacy Shawl right now from your Wendy Knits Lace … thanks for all of your contributions to the knitting world!

My heart just bleeds for poor Loki, neglected and overworked as the dear kitty is.

Interesting how the number of comments goes up remarkably when there’s a giveaway. Goes to show there are a lot of people out there who read regularly, but don’t comment. It’s really great to know there are a lot of Wendy/Loki fans out there! (And, wonder of wonders, I’m truly not being the least bit sarcastic about this. Loki, on the other hand …)

All graphics, patterns, text, and content on this site are the sole property of Wendy D. JohnsonCopyright (c) 2002-2018 Wendy D. Johnson
Not to be reproduced in any form without written permission from Wendy D. Johnson